Red-lipped Snake
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Crotaphopeltis
- Continents
- Africa
- Countries
- 38
- How common
- Common
About
Red-lipped Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi and 33 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 52 more. Common: recorded in 728 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Dry Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Shrubland
Related snakes
- Tana Herald Snake Crotaphopeltis braestrupi
- Ghana Herald Snake Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis
- Tornier's Cat Snake Crotaphopeltis tornieri
- Yellow-flanked Snake Crotaphopeltis degeni
- Barotse Water Snake Crotaphopeltis barotseensis
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.